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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner said Sunday that Russian propaganda is “absolutely” infiltrating Congress and that some of his Republican colleagues are repeating false claims on the floor.
“It’s absolutely true that we’re seeing an attempt to cover up anti-Ukrainian, pro-Russian messages that are coming directly from Russia, some of which are You can even hear it being uttered in the House of Commons.” “State of the Union.”
Mr Turner’s comments came after Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, told PacNews last week that Russian propaganda had “infected a significant portion” of the Republican base.
Mr Turner, who has been an outspoken advocate for additional aid to beleaguered Ukraine, said on Sunday: “There are members of Congress who are still falsely claiming that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine is about NATO; That’s not the case,” he said Sunday.
“The more this propaganda becomes entrenched, the more difficult it becomes to actually see this as a battle between authoritarianism and democracy,” he added.
The Senate passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill in February that included aid to Ukraine and Israel, but House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to leave party leadership after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to oust him from the speakership. As his future remains uncertain, he refused this offer. I’ll take my stuff to vote right away.
Mr Turner said on Sunday he believed Mr Johnson was in “no danger” of being ousted by a “chaotic caucus”, adding: “They are trying to get attention for themselves and are denying all their important work in parliament. “They’re trying to stop it,” he said.
